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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

444 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR CAMP CREEK...OR 8 MILES

  SOUTH OF GREENEVILLE.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH        

  FLOOD WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDTIONAL SHOWERS AND             

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER SOUTH GREENE  

  COUNTY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CEDAR CREEK...AND CAMP CREEK



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2  

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



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LAT...LON 3607 8302 3594 8286 3604 8260 3621 8265



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